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About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

The Interconnects Technology Group is looking for an early-career E&O Systems Engineer to join our team of high performing individuals leading mission-critical programs for our nation's security. The engineer's principal responsibility will be the managing and coordinating of resources/deliverables for the development and delivery of complex cables related to interconnect components for high consequence applications.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Create, validate, communicate, and implement innovative approaches to accomplish a broad range of technical and programmatic goals in collaboration with customers and stakeholders
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Project Managers, Design Engineers, Systems Engineers, Quality Engineers, CAD Designers, and subject matter experts in the successful execution of mission critical designs and product delivery
• Lead through a position of influence to integrate people, teams, products, and activities
• Develop and deliver technical presentations and written reports to both internal and external partners to ensure consistent communication of technical needs and hand-offs
• Exercise critical thinking to identify, assess, and mitigate risks through the practical application of defect prevention to develop a safe, reliable, and robust product
• Evaluate and align technical needs with engineering resources to ensure that products and objectives are met
• Discrete activities may include:
  • Translating project management directives to technical execution
  • Validate hardware delivery needs (dates, pedigrees, quantities) with customers
  • Derive subcomponent delivery needs (dates, pedigrees, quantities)
  • Collaborate with Production Agencies/vendors to manage procurements
  • Prioritize design definition needs in consideration of hardware need dates and vendor lead times
  • Collaborate with Technical Leads to coordinate cable design engineering resources for level loading and optimization
  • Serve as the interface between cable design engineering and CAD counterparts, ensuring status and needs are communicated
  • Provide innovative solutions that promote accountability and improve efficiency

Some travel may be required.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$87,400 - $168,800

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field; or equivalent (AS + 4 years or no degree + 8 years)
• Experience working with technical engineering teams to meet project deliverables (including support of configuration management, requirements management, quality management, supply chain management, project management, and/or product lifecycle management)
• Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Adobe, SharePoint)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Master's degree in relevant field and 3 years of relevant experience
• Component or subsystem realization experience that includes requirements, design, verification, and qualification
• Experience with product realization and design engineering
• Working knowledge of Systems Engineering principles (e.g., Systems Engineering V-Model, Product Lifecycle Management, etc.)
• Experience in execution of technical projects and tactical planning
• Experience teaming, collaborating, and negotiating with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) stakeholders
• Experience in defining opportunities and delivering results when incomplete or ambiguous information is provided
• Ability to negotiate competing requirements and make risk-based decisions
• Demonstrated experience in building relationships, managing expectations, and delivering presentations to program sponsors and customers
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated, positive individual comfortable working in a constantly evolving, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Knowledge of the Nuclear Deterrence (ND) product realization process
• Knowledge of the ND drawing and Engineering Authorization system
• Knowledge of ND drawing requirements (CDs, MEs, PSs, SSs, etc.)
• Working knowledge of MCAD, ECAD, and/or EDM systems (e.g., CREO, Mentor Graphics, PDMLink, PRIME)
• Active DOE Q-level security clearance

About Our Team

The Interconnect Technologies Department designs, develops, tests, and qualifies cable assemblies (high voltage, RF, flat-flex, multi-wire, and fiber optic), junction boxes, and adapter assemblies. The department further designs, fabricates, and deploys equipment and testers for our products where such systems are not available through private industry. Our in-house designed equipment is in use at Sandia, the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), as well as selected vendor sites for the development and qualification of War Reserve and other high-reliability components. We use the Realize Product Subsystem (RPSS) to realize Mark Quality product that covers the complete product realization cycle of requirements, design, development, specification, qualification, procurement, delivery, and stockpile support with our partners throughout the NWC. We employ defect prevention strategies to gain an understanding of design margin during the development cycle and to mitigate risk during production. The department's capabilities include the ability to address multiple challenging requirements related to meeting high-reliability numbers over long life, radiation tolerance, nuclear safety requirements, and size & weight restrictions.

Adherence to safety, process controls, and quality principles is essential to the success of our department.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.